Jindal Global Law School & Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy cordially invite you to the Conference on JUDICIAL DIVERSITY Supported by Date: 11 August 2018 Date: 12 August 2018 Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm Time: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Venue: Jindal Global Educational & Professional Academy, NTH Complex, A2. Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg Qutab Institutional Area, New Delhi Faculty Coordinator: Professor Dipika Jain, [email protected] Student Coordinator: Vandita Khanna, [email protected] Day 1: 11 August 2018 10:00 am – 10:30 am Welcome Address Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University 10:30 am– 11:30 am Inaugural Address Justice Gita Mittal, Chief Justice, J&K High Court 11:30 am – 12:00 pm High Tea Presentation on “Diversity in Judiciary” 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Sumathi Chandrashekaran & Diksha Sanyal, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Roundtable 1: 12:30 pm – 01:50 pm Setting the Context: Understanding the Need for Judicial Diversity Chair: Dipika Jain, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School Panelists: Ÿ Justice K. Chandru, Retired Judge, Madras High Court Ÿ Justice Nishita Mhatre, Retired Judge, Calcutta High Court Ÿ Colin Gonsalves, Supreme Court of India, Founder, HRLN* Ÿ Rebecca John, Senior Advocate, Delhi High Court 02:00 pm – 03:00 pm Lunch break Roundtable 2: 03:00 pm – 04:20 pm Entering the System: Barriers to the Appointment of Marginalized Communities in the Judiciary Chair: Jhuma Sen, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School Panelists: Ÿ Doma Bhutia, Advocate, Sikkim High Court Ÿ Judge Joyita Mondal, Lok Adalat Judge, Social worker Ÿ Swati Aggrawal, Director, IDIA Charitable Trust Ÿ Judge Gurmohina Kaur, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Court, New Delhi Roundtable 3: 04:20 pm – 05:40 pm Moving up the System: Barriers to Career Progression of Marginalized Communities within the Judiciary Chair: Krithika Ashok, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School Panelists: Ÿ Dr. Rangin P. Tripathy, Assistant Professor, NLU Odisha Ÿ Ashif Shaikh, Director, Jan Sahas Ÿ Jayna Kothari, Co-founder, Centre for Law & Policy Research Ÿ Judge Vijeta Singh Rawat, Metropolitan Magistrate, Patiala House Court, New Delhi 05:40 pm – 06:00pm High Tea Day 2: 12 August 2018 09:30 am – 10:00 am Tea & Coffee Roundtable 4: 10:00 am – 11:20 am Looking Beyond Reservation: Developing a Multi-Pronged and Multi-Stakeholder Response to Make the Judiciary More Inclusive Chair: Dr. Sumit Baudh, Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School Panelists: Ÿ Prasanta Rakshit, Founder member, National Alliance Group for Nomadic and Denotied Tribe Ÿ Dr. Aparna Chandra, Assistant Professor, National Law University, Delhi Ÿ Amba Salelkar, Advocate and Board Member, Equals, Centre for Promotion of Social Justice Ÿ Judge Sharmila Patil, Adhoc Civil Judge Senior Division & Judicial Magistrate First Class, Quepem, Margao Ÿ District Court Judge, Chhattisgarh (name to be conrmed)* Roundtable 5: 11:20 am – 12:40 pm Way Forward Chair: Sumathi Chandrashekaran, Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Panelists: Ÿ Tashi Barfungpa, Advocate, Sikkim High Court Ÿ Justice Chandru, Retired Judge, Madras High Court Ÿ Justice Nishita Mhatre, Retired Judge, Calcutta High Court Ÿ Judge Sherin Paul, District Judge & Additional Sessions Judge, Panaji Ÿ District Court Judge, Chhattisgarh (name to be conrmed)* 12:40 pm – 01:00 pm Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks Reshma and Vandita 01:00 pm – 02:00 pm Lunch .